Smoking pipe



March 25,1924.

L. B. LINKMAN SMOKING PIPE Filed May 1. 1921 Inf/6w? i atented Mar. 25,1924. l j G .5 Ln mi .41 O

LOUIS B. LINKIHAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASEtIGNUB TO LINKM'AN @a 00.,O1 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A COREORAEION OF ILLINOIS.

SMOKING PIPE.

Application filed May 1, 1922. Serial Ito. 557,696.

To all whom it may concern: stricted passage 6. On the end of the shankBe it known that 1, Louis B. LINKMAN, a 4, is the usual metallic ferrule7. The citizen of the United States of America, and mouth piece 2comprises the stem 8 having a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, andalongitudinally extending bore 9, and bea State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and ing reduced at its inn end to form a slip 555 usefulImprovement in Smoking Pipes, of joint nipple 10 for engagement with thewhich the following is a specification. bore of the stuinrnei 1.

This invention relates to smoking pipes. ln the form shown, thereinforcing and The main objects of this invention are to cleaningelement, which embodies this in provide improved means for reinforcingthe vention, comprises a metallic tube 11, hav- 60 slip-joint connectingthe stem or mouth ing a bore which is i stantially the same piece withthe stummel; and to provide a as the bore of the mouth piece. Tiiereinreinforcing element of the above character forcing tube is attachedto the mouth piece which is adapted for use'as a cleaner, with duringthe process of molding the stem 8,

the mouth piece serving as a handle, for and is arranged so as to extendthrough the cleaning the bowl of the pipe when the nipple 10 and theadjacent part of the stem mouth piece has been removed from the 8. Thepart of the tube 11, which is emstummel, and which also serves tocollect bedded in the n'niterial or" the stem 8, is promoisture andnicotine. vided with a roughenet surface so as to An illustrativeembodiment of this in firmly grip the hard rubber stem. The tube 70vention is shown in the accompanying draw- 11 projects beyond thereduced end of the ings wherein stem 8, so as extend into the bore 5 ofthe Figure 1 1s a longitudinal, vertlcal section stummel 1, and, at theend of the projecting of a p1pe embodying this invention. part, the tube18 formed to provide a scraper Fig. 2 is a plan of the mouth piece,show- 12 which is adapted for use in cleaning the 75 ing the reinforcingand cleaning element bowl 3. attached thereto. "When the metallic tube11 is used as a The present invention is an improvement cleaner, themouth piece 2 is removed from 7 over the invention set forth in myPatent the stun'nnel 1 and the stem 8 then serves as No. 1,104,203,issued July 21, 1914:. The a handle for the scraper 30 pipe illustratedin said patent includes the Although but one specific embodiment ofusual briar stunnnel and hard rubber mouth this invention has beenherein shown and piece or stem. Seated in'the bore of the described itwill be understood that certain mouth piece, at the inner end thereof,is a details of the construction shown may be metallic tube forreinforcing the slip-joint altered or omitted without depz nipple whichconnects the mouth piece with the spirit of this invention as de y thestunnnel. following claim.

The present invention resides in an im- 1 claim: proved form ofreinforcing tube which pro- A month piece for smoking pipes conn 40jects beyond the inner end of the mouth prising a longitudinally boredstein having 90 piece stem for collecting moisture and. nicoone endreduced to form a nipple, and a tine and is formed to provide a scraperfor metallic tube secured .in the bore of said use in cleaning the bowlof the pipe. nipple and an adjacent part of said stein for In the formshown, the invention is apreinforcing said reduced end, said tubeproplied to a smoking pipe including a briar jecting beyond said nippleand having an stummel 1, and a hard rubber mouth piece annular cleaningflange at its end. 2. The stunnnel 1 includes the usual bowl Signed atChicago this 28 day of April 3, and shank 4'. The shank 4 is provided1922. with a longitudinally extending bore 5 communicating with the bowlthrough a re- LOUTS B. LINEN TAN.

